Charlie Simpson

Charlie Robert Simpson (born 7 June, 1985 in Woodbridge, Suffolk), was the youngest member of the highly successful British pop group Busted, and is now the vocalist and guitarist in Fightstar. He has two older brothers, Will and Edd - Will is the vocalist and guitarist in Brigade and Edd plays in Prego.

Charlie attended public school Uppingham, along with the likes of Harry Judd from McFly. He was selected as the third member of Busted, beating Tom Fletcher (now lead singer and guitarist in McFly), after responding to an advert placed by Matt and James in NME magazine in 2001. He plays guitar, piano, drums and bass, and sings vocals.

He is renowned for his distinguished eyebrows, which he says are "...the biggest and best in the business", and his guitar playing style.

On 14 January, 2005, Charlie caused Busted to split after deciding to leave the band to concentrate on his other band, Fightstar. The name "Fightstar" was created when bassist Dan Haigh came up with the name "Evenstar" and Charlie thought of the name "A Time To Fight", these names were combined to give the name Fightstar. Charlies music can best be described as Protestant Proto-Punk, critics have claimed that its main influences are Patti Smith, Joy Division and The Stooges.

He has been the focus of mixed opinions from the media and Busted fans alike, ranging from hatred to high praise and respect.

Away from music Charlie is a big supporter of Scottish football giants Rangers. He made a half time appearance at Ibrox Stadium on October 22 2005 at Rangers home match against Motherwell, when he did the half time supporters lottery draw.